THE NEW PERSPECTIVE Thursday, October 10, 2002 News P.I.T. Alternative, page 2 New Organizations, page 3
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Features Homecoming, page 10 Pet Peeves, page 10
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Arts & Entertainment A & E in the Area, page 14 Table for Three, page 15
Sports Cross Country, page 18 Proposed Renovations, page 20
The Student Newspaper of Carroll College
Carroll communication plan takes effect Elizabeth Martin Staff Writer
The Carroll College Senior Staff and the Student Senate have opened the lines of communication between the administration and students by designing and implementing a communication plan. The plan aims to respond to questions and issues that arise, report on developments and keep people informed. “We want students to be informed on issues going on on campus,” said senior and Student Senate President Mick Linse, who was involved in creating the new plan, “From there (students) can make judgments on whether they agree or not” with administrative decisions, rather than reacting to campus rumors. The plan consists of a series of addresses and e-mailings to students by Dr. Frank Falcone, the college president, scattered throughout the semester. In fact, some have already taken place. Falcone gave an opening address to first-year students and their parents during the July orientation, and again in September after the first-year class had moved in. He also met with the athletes. In additions, all students have received an email from Falcone updating them on various issues regarding the school, such as the ren-
ovation of Main Hall. A second update will be sent later in the semester. The communication plan also calls for bi-weekly meetings between Linse, Senior Vice President Dean Rein, and Dean of Students Kate Herrick, and other meetings between the Senior Staff and the Student Senate Executive Board to ensure that the plan is being well-implemented. Of course, if something develops mid-semester, the administration plans to make students aware of it. “If there is news that needs to be shared sooner than the calendar that has been established,” Rein said, “we wouldn’t wait to share that with the students.” “E-mails are a good mode of communication,” said Rein, “We want to keep communication as open as possible.” Because the e-mails are being sent from the president’s e-mail address, students can respond directly to him. Rein said that after the first e-mailing, Falcone received several responses that included feedback and questions regarding issues discussed in the letter, and that Falcone then personally fulfilled the students’ requests. The president also plans to hold a State of the College address, which is scheduled for See Communication Page 4
Homecoming 2002
Photo by Nate Ellingson
Step aside guys while the girls make their moves in the Powderpuff Football game. See page 10 for more Homecoming coverage.
Prioritization of Carroll programs April Riley Special to The New Perspective
A formal prioritization process will determine which programs at Carroll College will be expanded, added, reduced, restructured, or eliminated. The prioritization is a result of issues regarding inadequate resources and staffing for current programs. The Strategic Directions Task Force, whose members were appointed by President
Frank Falcone, collected reports from department and program heads that were used to make recommendations to the president. He presented these findings to the Board of Trustees, Sept. 27, and will make final decisions on the reallocation of resources sometime during the coming winter. The task force developed a rubric for evaluating programs and departments. Criteria included: the history, development and expec-
tation of program (10 points), external demand (15 points), internal demand (15 points), financial costs and benefits (15 points), other resources/services generated by program (15 points), and program quality (30 points). The total of these scores determined the rank of each department as strong, average, or weak. A seventh criterion (opportunity/potential analysis of See Prioritization Page 2
Faculty displays discontentment over roles, responsibilities Amber Yost Staff Writer
President Frank Falcone has agreed to re-examine the “Roles and Responsibilities Document,” according to Dr. Pete Settle, professor of communications and head of the Faculty Executive Committee. In the summer of 1997, the “Roles and Responsibilities Document” came to the faculty from the Board of Trustees. “It came to us without faculty input. It clarified the roles, but we didn’t like the way it did that,” Settle said. Discontentment with administrators recently became documented through the 2001 results of a survey referred to as the HERI data, that is Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. According to the survey, 75.4% of Carroll faculty who
responded rated faculty typically should be rescinded in part or ative that the faculty voice be at odds with campus adminis- whole, whether or not pre-1996 heard and taken seriously and trators to be an attribute very governance procedures for aca- have authority. Since 1996, we descriptive of our institution. demic matters should be rein- have not been able to function 14.6% was the national average stated in part or whole, what in that manner,” Dr. Paul Rempe, professor of of other participating history said. “A healthy four-year private institutions to the same ques- “A healthy institution is faculty, administra- institution is faculty, and tion. tion and trustees working together, I don’t administration trustees working When asked know if we have full health.” together, I don’t know whether any of the if we have full health.” results were surprising, Dr. Paul Rempe Towell did point Associate Dean for out that Carroll is Academic Affairs Dr. amongst the U.S. Elizabeth Towell responded, “The results are not should be done concerning the News & World Report’s best surprising. We know what the two schools task force recom- colleges report. The school’s mendations from spring 2002, endowment and enrollment issues are.” An ad hoc committee from and defining the veto power of have been increasing and ambitious renovations have taken the Faculty Executive the President of the College. Settle singled out 1996 as place recently. Also, as Associate Committee (FEC) is currently of Business putting together a proposal of the year when substantial rewrit- Professor shared governance. The com- ing of roles in relation to the fac- Administration Mary Ann mittee is considering whether or ulty and the curriculum began. Wisniewski indicated, many “The faculty is key to cur- professors in the business not the existing Roles and Responsibilities Document riculum matters and it is imper- department are pro-administra-
tion, pointing out that not all professors feel at odds. “Maybe we need to create channels of communication to minimize the gap and give the Board a clearer perception of the interests and concerns of the faculty and give faculty clearer understanding of the Board,” Rempe stated. Settle said that the faculty committee plans to create small groups to deal with issues in a reasonable way. The FEC ad hoc committee is expected to report its conclusions to the Faculty President by October 15. Settle stated, “I do not know what will come out of this. There are serious issues that need to be considered, but there is hope that we have begun the process of dealing with them. I believe that it will either get better or worse, it will not stay the same.”